On The Island from CBC Radio British Columbia

Cruise ship industry expert Ross Klein says the guilty plea by Princess Cruise Lines to deliberate vessel pollution at sea will tarnish the industry's image.

A company that tracks and analyzes Airbnb data says the home-sharing service is being unfairly blamed for rental housing shortages.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is on the west coast. She told Gregor Craigie why she thinks the Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is in the province's economic interest, and why she thinks it's safe.

Our Political Panel - Martyn Brown, Elizabeth Cull, and Norman Spector - talk to Gregor Craigie about the federal government's approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which would result in a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic.

Former Victoria MP and environment minister David Anderson is not celebrating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to make a moratorium of north coast tanker traffic into law.

Government should not rush to impose the 15 per cent foreign buyers tax in Victoria following a sudden spike in the number of home sales to non-Canadians, the head of the Asian Real Estate Association says.

Lisa Helps says court challenges, not civil disobedience, will defeat Trans Mountain project

Ottawa's approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would lead to a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic in the Salish Sea. Victoria mayor Lisa Helps spoke to On The Island host Gregor Craigie about the decision and what comes next.

Realtor Tony Joe says the increased share of foreign buyers for Victoria homes is partly a reflection of a slowdown in the number of house hunters coming from Vancouver.

Victoria journalist Jeff Davies examined the long-running debate over whether people who wander out of bounds in British Columbia's back country should pay the costs of their own rescue.

Thousands of Syrian refugees will soon lose their year-long government financial support. Journalist and former refugee-support volunteer Ahmed Najdat has been thinking about what more support they will need from Canadian volunteers and the government.

Rebecca Jesseman of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse says limiting youth access to high-THC cannabis products such as 'shatter' is a key concern to minimize the risk of harm.

Biologist Rana El-Sabaawi is warning against the release of guppies into water bodies to devour disease-carrying mosquito larvae.

Jim Munro, co-founder of Victoria's renowned Munro's Books, has died at age 87. In 2013, Munro's Books celebrated its 50th anniversary and Munro sat down with Gregor Craigie to talk about his store as well as the future of books and publishing.

Jim Munro, co-founder of Victoria's renowned Munro's Books, has died at age 87. In 2013, Munro's Books celebrated its 50th anniversary and Munro sat down with Gregor Craigie to talk about his store as well as the future of books and publishing.